Gran Premio de España Emirates 2018Formula 1

[BrainsBush]

Turbo RAI

 

[FutureF1]

Why the hell are F1 strategists’ feathers so easily ruffled??? Bottas and Hamilton were running purple sectors.... they didn’t need to box.

 

[Dennisch]

Kimi has a turbo gone poof.

 

[niky]

Why the hell are F1 strategists’ feathers so easily ruffled??? Bottas and Hamilton were running purple sectors.... they didn’t need to box.

All you need is a safety car at the wrong time and Vettel is in front of them after the pits.

Red Bull is not a threat. They have to cover Vettel.

 

[Famine]

Given that Hartley's engine and gearbox fell out of the back of the car and onto the floor from about ten feet, does that put him onto his third power unit right now?

(yeah, I'm bored of this race and thinking about other things)

 

[niky]

That 80% chance of rain better pay off soon. Preferably before Red Bull's pit stops.

 

[Dennisch]

Apart from some Sainz on Leclerc action, this is quite the dud for now.

 

[DesertPenguin]

Even with DRS and being ~0.5 seconds behind and the McLaren can't get alongside the Ferrari powered Sauber

 

[Dennisch]

Bring out the safety car!

 

[DesertPenguin]

Have we had a race this season without a Virtual Safety Car yet?

 

[Dennisch]

Did Vettel just ruin his chances?

 

[sems4arsenal]

Oh Ferrari

 

[adb]

Ferrari on top of their game

 

[BrainsBush]

Interesting. Tyres of Max' car just 7 laps 'older' vs Vettel.

edit: bye bye frontwing Max......

 

[Grayfox]

And there it is.

Crashstappen has crashed into a williams.

 

[DesertPenguin]

Just one 🤬 race without a problem Max?! God damnit...

And there it is.

Crashstappen has crashed into a williams.

It's genuinely on Sirotkin as well for sleeping when the race went green. The kid is useless and almost spun out randomly soon after that.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Max hahahahahhaha

 

[baldgye]

Saying that the Mercedes looked to have the best car in 2013 before Silverstone is about as wrong as saying Pirelli only changed the tread depth to help Mercedes. They were a comfortable 3rd and nothing really changed results wise for any one team after the tyres were sorted. In fact the only race Hamilton won all season was at Hungary, the first race with the new tyre spec that was meant to fix the exploding tyre problem so to suggest that the tyre change meant Vettel and Red Bull started winning all of a sudden is nonsense.

Mercedes where in the fight and looked to have a good car that was a decent match for RedBull.
But I was being slightly hyperbolic, due to the silly nature of the post I quoted.

 

[Grayfox]

Just one 🤬 race without a problem Max?! God damnit...


It's genuinely on Sirotkin as well for sleeping when the race went green. The kid is useless and almost spun out randomly soon after that.

Insurance says he who hit car in front is at fault.
Same rules kinda apply

 

[Famine]

Is that McLaren's 100% finishing record (one of only two) gone in race five?

 

[Dennisch]

Front wing end plates are overrated on a RBR.

And Bottas with tyre issues?

 

[niky]

Front wing end plates are overrated on a RBR.

And Bottas with tyre issues?

They're only there to poke tires out.

Vettel not making much progress.

That's got to be frustrating.

 

[Dennisch]

They're only there to poke tires out.

Vettel not making much progress.

That's got to be frustrating.

Brilliant strategy by Ferrari.

Also.

Barcelona is quite the ass track for the current F1 cars.

 

[Lizard]

Have to say this is an absolutely appalling drive for Vettel and Ferrari. Max has major damage and older tyres yet he can't get anywhere near him.

 

[Dennisch]

Have to say this is an absolutely appalling drive for Vettel and Ferrari. Max has major damage and older tyres yet he can't get anywhere near him.

Nature of the track and cars.

 

[baldgye]

No matter what the cause of the Haas spinning, you DON'T light up the rears and make a smoke screen for everyone to hit something. That's just stupid Romain...

Imo possibly race banning offence. Not only did he floor the throttle to spin his car across the track into the whole pack... but he created a HUGE blinding smoke screen... given that Stoffle for a 5 second penalty for not going around a safety bollard, I’m hoping for Romain’s penalty to be fairly large

 

[Dennisch]

Vettel has given up. Maxie to the podium!

 

[FutureF1]

What a snooze fest... Like I know we come here right after Baku but seriously... Most of the entertainment in these races is the false hype that everyone will converge at the end. There has probably been less than 10 legitimate on track passes...

 

[niky]

Only two laps left.

I think I fell asleep (it's almost midnight here).

Did I miss anything?

-

Apparently not.

 

[Dennisch]

Is Connelly one of the stewards today? Will he punish Max for chipping his front wing?